FluView Wk 52: A Slight Increase In Activity & A Novel H3N2v In New Jersey

#10,868Influenza activity remains fairly low for this time of year, but has increased slightly in recent weeks. Interestingly, a flu season that early on appeared destined to be dominated by H3N2 has - in the past month - switched over to seeing a majority of H1N1 cases. Today's FluView also carries a report on the 7th novel swine variant flu infection of the year. First a...

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Referral: McKenna On The Latest MCR-1 Findings

#10,867Although I've written on the recently announced MCR-1 colistin-resistance gene several times over the past couple of months (see The Lancet: Dissemination Of The MCR-1 Colistin Resistance Gene  &  Return of the Plasmids), the real `go to' person on all things antibiotic resistant is journalist, author, and blogger Maryn McKenna.Maryn is not only the author...

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The `M' Word

  #10,865If you want to draw your reader's attention to an infectious disease story, including the `M' word - `Mutation' - in the headline is a surefire technique. For most people, the `M' word evokes a sense of dread - a belief that something `bad' has happened. A concept, I suspect, that has been fostered by scores of grade-B Sci-Fi movies over the past 60 years that...

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RESEP PUDING SUSU JAGUNG ENAK LEMBUT

Resep Puding Susu Jagung Enak dan Lembut - Puding susu sederhana yang terbuat dari kombinasi jagung manis ini merupakan variasi puding jagung tanpa santan yang sangat enak dan lembut. Puding susu segar yang lembut sehingga lumer di mulut, terbukti sangat digemari mulai dari anak-anak hingga lansia. Cita rasanya yang enak dan lezat sangat menjanjikan untuk dijadikan sebagai...

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WHO MERS Update - Oman

#10,864Earlier this week in Oman: MOH Announces 7th MERS Case, we learned of a new Coronavirus infection, but few details were provided. Today the World Health Organization has posted an update which provides the onset dates (Dec 25th), hospitalization date (Jan 1st), and possible exposure (camels) on this 44 year old male patient.  Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus...

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French MOA: 67th HPAI Outbreak Across 7 Departments

#10,863Although the number of new outbreaks continues at a much reduced rate over last month, the French MOA continues to identify sporadic new HPAI outbreaks across the nation's southwest.   While the impacts have been relatively small, they involve five new strains of avian flu, all said to be of `European lineage', and not descended from the more dangerous Asian...

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HK CHP: 3rd H5N6 Case In Guangdong Province In Last 2 Weeks

# 10,862The H5N6 virus was first reported 20 months ago in Southern China, and during the first 19 months China reported a total of four human infections.  While the virus has been sporadically reported in poultry in both Vietnam and Laos, no human infections have been reported outside of China.Two weeks ago, Guangdong Province reported a human infection (see Hong Kong...

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